A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Mount Jackson$1,870/mo

Typical home $330K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $984/mo · Housing →

Glasgow$1,200/mo

Typical home $207K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $764/mo · Housing →

The difference: $680 a month, about $8,100 a year, between Mount Jackson and Glasgow.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Virginia ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B−Mount JacksonSafer than 54% of U.S. towns –GlasgowNot graded

Schools

B−Mount JacksonBetter than 53% of districts in the state –GlasgowNot graded

Health

DMount JacksonHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns CGlasgowHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Mount JacksonGlasgow

Snow a year21″16″

January low21°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)174d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)71st 76th

Outdoors & history

Mount JacksonGlasgow

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land4.3%0%

National Register places4 3

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

Mount JacksonGlasgow

Library hours a week17 hrs 33 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

88 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Mount JacksonVA GlasgowVA

Mount Jackson ↔ Glasgow88 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Virginia average

Mount JacksonGlasgow

People

Population 2,000Highest 1,330Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.7%Highest VA: +7.9% -7.1%Lowest VA: +7.9%

Median age 37.2±3.7Lowest 5% below VA 40.2±8Highest 3% above VA

Glasgow and Mount Jackson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 26.6%±5.1Lowest VA: 21.7% 28.3%±8.2Highest VA: 21.7%

Glasgow and Mount Jackson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19%±2.9Lowest VA: 16.7% 19.2%±2.1Highest VA: 16.7%

Glasgow and Mount Jackson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.8%Lowest VA: 42.2% 11.9%Highest VA: 42.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.4Lowest VA: 6.9% 5.9%±3.9Highest VA: 6.9%

Glasgow and Mount Jackson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,297±$14kHighest 44% below VA $51,827±$14kLowest 44% below VA

Mount Jackson and Glasgow are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $193,000±$33kHighest 50% below VA $131,300±$28kLowest 66% below VA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $984±$78Highest 38% below VA $764±$89Lowest 52% below VA

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,011Highest 64% below VA $834Lowest 70% below VA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.4%±15.7Highest VA: 48.5% 35.6%±16.8Lowest VA: 48.5%

Mount Jackson and Glasgow are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 16.3%Highest VA: 9.9% 15.5%Lowest VA: 9.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.2%Highest VA: 67.3% 69.4%Lowest VA: 67.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest 9 yrs older than VA 1961Lowest 23 yrs older than VA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 11% below VA 35 minHighest 27% above VA

Work from home 4%±2.5Highest VA: 18.3% 2.3%±2.6Lowest VA: 18.3%

Mount Jackson and Glasgow are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 16.7%Highest 9.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 19.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.11Highest 1.47Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Woodstock (11%)Lexington (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GlasgowFew work in Mount Jackson

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 23.3Lowest 44.6Highest

Schools

School district Shenandoah County Public Schools—

High school in town None in town—

Virginia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Mount Jackson vs Glasgow

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $680 more a month in Mount Jackson

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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